Nuculidae

Nuculidae

Tom Meijer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikidata/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
nut clamPBDB
Sits inside
NuculoideaPBDB
Diet
deposit feeder, suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanicPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 467 million years on record.

The record covers at least 468 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 477.1 Mya to 0 Mya.

Ordovician — about 7 of 4713 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 16 of 4713 occurrencesDevonian — about 342 of 4713 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 322 of 4713 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 267 of 4713 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 31 of 4713 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 63 of 4713 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 175 of 4713 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 132 of 4713 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 392 of 4713 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 119 of 4713 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 148 of 4713 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 687 of 4713 occurrencesPaleocene — about 205 of 4713 occurrencesEocene — about 566 of 4713 occurrencesOligocene — about 305 of 4713 occurrencesMiocene — about 464 of 4713 occurrencesPliocene — about 212 of 4713 occurrencesPleistocene — about 217 of 4713 occurrences487–470 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences470–454 Mya — about 3 occurrences454–438 Mya — about 5 occurrences438–422 Mya — about 14 occurrences422–406 Mya — about 17 occurrences406–389 Mya — about 43 occurrences389–373 Mya — about 274 occurrences373–357 Mya — about 10 occurrences357–341 Mya — about 20 occurrences341–324 Mya — about 69 occurrences324–308 Mya — about 91 occurrences308–292 Mya — about 151 occurrences292–276 Mya — about 71 occurrences276–260 Mya — about 88 occurrences260–243 Mya — about 149 occurrences243–227 Mya — about 137 occurrences227–211 Mya — about 29 occurrences211–195 Mya — about 71 occurrences195–178 Mya — about 106 occurrences178–162 Mya — about 343 occurrences162–146 Mya — about 155 occurrences146–130 Mya — about 48 occurrences130–114 Mya — about 47 occurrences114–97 Mya — about 90 occurrences97–81 Mya — about 113 occurrences81–65 Mya — about 587 occurrences65–49 Mya — about 282 occurrences49–32 Mya — about 494 occurrences32–16 Mya — about 405 occurrences16–0 Mya — about 799 occurrences468 Mya11.7 ka487 Mya0 Mya

4,713 occurrences of Nuculidae on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

4,713 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

924 formations

Chari — 23.30°N, 69.97°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WMoscow — 42.88°N, 78.42°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.89°WMoscow — 42.56°N, 74.58°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 74.54°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.73°WMoscow — 42.79°N, 76.15°WMoscow — 42.80°N, 76.09°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.99°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.60°N, 75.34°WMoscow — 42.69°N, 75.60°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 75.46°WMoscow — 42.70°N, 75.43°WMoscow — 42.56°N, 75.05°WMoscow — 42.60°N, 74.95°WMoscow — 42.55°N, 74.82°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.96°WMoscow — 42.54°N, 74.87°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.68°WCassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.65°ECassian — 46.53°N, 11.92°ECassian — 46.47°N, 12.07°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.55°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.94°ECassian — 46.51°N, 11.76°ECassian — 46.59°N, 12.26°EMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.55°N, 87.58°WMoodys Branch — 31.14°N, 87.94°WMoodys Branch — 32.70°N, 83.56°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 31.47°N, 93.57°WMoodys Branch — 31.66°N, 92.90°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WGraham — 33.02°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 32.96°N, 98.76°WGraham — 33.00°N, 98.67°WGraham — 31.50°N, 99.37°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.13°N, 98.16°WGraham — 33.18°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WGraham — 33.14°N, 99.18°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 30.53°N, 96.69°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 32.00°N, 88.72°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.36°N, 92.98°WCook Mountain — 30.36°N, 96.82°WCook Mountain — 27.51°N, 99.51°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.16°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 30.11°N, 97.32°WCook Mountain — 31.03°N, 95.63°WCook Mountain — 31.12°N, 95.90°WCook Mountain — 30.01°N, 97.16°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.56°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 29.95°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WGeneseo — 42.33°N, 74.45°WGeneseo — 42.67°N, 75.59°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 76.17°WGeneseo — 42.61°N, 75.30°WGeneseo — 42.44°N, 74.54°WGeneseo — 42.67°N, 75.44°WGeneseo — 42.56°N, 74.85°WGeneseo — 42.48°N, 74.61°WGeneseo — 42.54°N, 75.21°WGeneseo — 42.62°N, 75.37°WGeneseo — 42.53°N, 74.93°WGeneseo — 42.50°N, 74.78°WGeneseo — 42.63°N, 75.46°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.86°WGeneseo — 42.51°N, 74.68°WGeneseo — 42.50°N, 75.02°WGeneseo — 42.51°N, 75.05°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 75.77°WGeneseo — 42.77°N, 75.77°WGeneseo — 42.39°N, 74.43°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 76.47°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.14°WSkaneateles — 42.93°N, 75.99°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.89°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 75.60°WSkaneateles — 42.93°N, 76.21°WSkaneateles — 42.79°N, 75.57°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.37°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.18°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 76.31°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.52°WWewoka — 35.04°N, 96.36°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.50°N, 88.81°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 86.79°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPhosphoria — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPhosphoria — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPhosphoria — 47.06°N, 109.43°WPhosphoria — 44.00°N, 114.00°WPhosphoria — 42.32°N, 111.24°WPhosphoria — 45.03°N, 112.92°WPhosphoria — 42.09°N, 110.93°WPhosphoria — 42.35°N, 110.44°WPhosphoria — 43.35°N, 109.40°WPhosphoria — 42.53°N, 111.24°WPhosphoria — 44.58°N, 112.79°WPhosphoria — 42.12°N, 111.26°WPhosphoria — 42.78°N, 111.31°WPhosphoria — 45.03°N, 112.68°WPhosphoria — 42.95°N, 109.00°WPhosphoria — 42.69°N, 111.53°WPhosphoria — 42.01°N, 110.59°WPhosphoria — 42.26°N, 111.01°WPhosphoria — 43.19°N, 109.16°WPhosphoria — 42.67°N, 108.68°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.87°N, 88.32°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.51°N, 87.89°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 78.65°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.94°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 77.90°WLudlowville — 42.70°N, 76.75°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 76.50°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.35°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.22°WLudlowville — 42.95°N, 76.02°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.00°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.37°WLudlowville — 43.00°N, 79.00°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.51°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.33°WLudlowville — 42.79°N, 75.56°WLudlowville — 42.81°N, 75.54°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 75.71°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.51°N, 94.67°WCorsicana Marl — 33.15°N, 96.04°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.62°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.04°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 32.68°N, 83.42°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WAstoria — 46.19°N, 123.83°WAstoria — 44.73°N, 124.06°WAstoria — 44.65°N, 124.06°WAstoria — 43.40°N, 124.28°WAstoria — 45.22°N, 123.97°WHinoshima — 32.47°N, 130.47°EHinoshima — 32.39°N, 130.40°ELoray — 39.01°N, 114.88°WLoray — 39.20°N, 114.98°WLoray — 39.65°N, 115.32°WLoray — 39.48°N, 115.12°WLoray — 40.02°N, 115.37°WSevern — 38.80°N, 77.00°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.80°N, 96.95°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 31.17°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 30.00°N, 97.60°WKincaid — 30.08°N, 97.50°WKincaid — 30.11°N, 97.32°WKincaid — 31.22°N, 96.91°WKincaid — 31.29°N, 96.72°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WKeasey — 46.00°N, 123.26°WKeasey — 45.90°N, 123.15°WKeasey — 45.88°N, 123.26°WKeasey — 45.75°N, 123.25°WKeasey — 46.58°N, 123.61°WKeasey — 45.85°N, 123.20°WKeasey — 45.72°N, 123.20°WKeasey — 45.74°N, 123.27°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°W

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The named rock units Nuculidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 900 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 748 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Nuculidae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Nuculidae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,779 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,558 sites for Nuculidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

941 references

Each of the 4,713 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 929 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Nuculidae

Credit
Tom Meijer
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Nuculidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gray 1824